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That's probably why I've never heard of St Augustine grass.

I wanted to chime in with the folks touting the use of comfrey.  I've 
been planting it as a living mulch around large fruit trees & juglan 
species.  3 times a summer I go arouind with a machete & cut it back 
immediately after flowering, leaving it lay.  One other benefit that 
hasn't been mentioned is that often time the comfrey melts into a skin 
of sorts.  I believe the word is gley.  Makes it pretty hard for other 
"weeds" to penetrate.

mIEKAL



On Friday, April 30, 2004, at 08:45 AM, Lucky Pittman wrote:

> At 04:36 PM 4/29/2004 -0500, RW Spalinger wrote:
> > I planted patches of St. Augustine grass in the orchard and as it 
> > grows, it chokes out the Bermuda grass. I'm not sure that St. 
> > Augustine is the best choice for ground cover, but it does not grow 
> > as tall as bermuda, and is much thicker and easier to mow. The roots 
> > are shallow and I find many earthworms within the roots whenever I 
> > did up a patch to make room for a new tree. To me it also is better 
> > looking than Bermuda weed.
>
> St. Augustine is not very winter-hardy.  I've never seen it survive 
> farther 'north' than the zone 7/8 interface.